 JCB (1799), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 14, 2009 Bottle from my Secret Santa - thanks, Santa! As others have noted, this is certainly a slightly odd rendition of an English IPA. When I first poured it - lovely, by the way, with a cloudy amber body and a big creamy head - I noticed a somewhat sour aroma, and wondered if they’d mislabeled Haandbak. Well, not that sour. But while it’s plenty hopped and has some evident malts, there’s something about the tart element here that makes this one kinda like Struiselensis or something like that. Wasn’t what I was expecting, but I kinda dug it.
zeke626 (307), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Jul 13, 2009 Bottle, thanks to akevitt for sharing. Batch #155. Odd aroma on this one - reminds me of belgian malts along with some spice notes and faint hops, along with a sour beer scent. Flavor is mainly malts with hardly any hop flavors along with a weird mint tone. Finish is metallic and bitter. Smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel with a nice, light carbonation. It’s possible this one sat around too long.
Kestral (212), Oslo, Norway
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 29, 2009 Pours clear copper with a solid offwhite head, decent lacing. Aroma is floral and grapefruit hops, bread and caramel malts. Flavour is a bit too malty for an IPA, but I enjoyed it. Full bodied and lively carbonated, refreshing.
Borup (1360), Albertslund, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 22, 2009 Bottle. Amber colour with a medium white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, hops and fruit.
DJMonarch (6941), Northwich, Cheshire, England
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 19, 2009 Bottle at the GBBF Bar Sans Frontiers Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2007
Some carbonation. Amber mid brown coloured. Hop aroma. Fruity and hoppy with some alcohol present. Some richness and malt in the finish.
satan165 (617), River Grove, Illinois, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 29, 2009 batch 155. nose of yeast funk and hops. appearance is cloudy rust. flavor is of sour yeast funk. hardly an IPA, but still enjoyable as a sour ale, saison like. possibly they brewed this with wild yeast and it has matured in the year since its was brewed (label says brewed april 08)? at any rate, clearly more then a few of us have experienced these characteristics, yet in different places and different times. which leads me to believe that it was intentionally done by the brewer and not a case of infection. what a strange brew!
LarsEngen (101), Sandvika, Norway
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 18, 2009 50 cl bottle batch 166. Very cloudy orange/brown color with a medium offwhite head. aroma of malt with notes of Plums. Complex flavor of hop, citrus, tangerine. Long end with medium bitterness.
CaryTheDude (1114), Longmont, Colorado, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Mar 1, 2009 Crushed with Jakebra. Jakebra says it’s a near drain pour. Bottle is definitely old. Very musty, cloying flavor with hardly any hop nose to speak of. Compare this to Redhook IPA, it’s pretty good. Compare to a generic IPA, it kinda sucks.
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